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John Hill operated a plantation, apparently in the Edgefield District, in South Carolina.
He commanded the Springfield Beat Company of the South Carolina militia in the Edgefield
District. The collection is a plantation journal, January-September 1830, kept by John Hill,
presumably in Edgefield District, S.C., including references to slaves; accounts for
medical services to slaves rendered by Hill in 1835; and records of the Springfield
Beat Company of the South Carolina militia, kept by Colonel John Hill, Edgefield District,
S.C., 1836-1843.

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the John Hill's Edgefield District (S.C.) Militia and
Plantation Record #236-z, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Alternate Form of Material

Microfilm copy (filmed April 2005) available.

Reel 1: Folder 1 of 1

Alternate Form of Material

Typed transcription of plantation journal, 1830, available.

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Puchased before 1940.

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Plantation journal, January-September 1830, kept by John Hill, presumably in Edgefield District, S.C., including references to slaves; accounts for medical services to slaves rendered by Hill in 1835; and records of the Springfield Beat Company of the South Carolina militia, kept by Colonel John Hill, Edgefield District, S.C., 1836-1843.

Contents list

One volume containing a plantation journal, 1830; accounts for medical services to
slaves, 1835; and records of the Springfield Beat Company of the South Carolina militia,
kept by Colonel John Hill, Edgefield District, S.C., 1836-1843. The plantation journal,
1830, contains records of daily activities of John Hill and workers on his plantation
constructing farm buildings and caring for animals, tools, and crops, which included
cotton, corn, and oats. Accounts, 1835, are for medical services to slaves rendered
by John Hill, including medicines supplied. The records of the Springfield Beat, 1836-1843,
include rolls, orders, and records of drills, elections, courts-martial, fines, and
expenditures.